CONCLUSION: Vaccination campaigns focusing on the severity of diseases that are prevented, are needed to increase maternal vaccine acceptance in younger and low-educated pregnant women. We expect that differences in vaccination coverage between the
CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with UHCs are at significantly increased risk of COVID-19-associated hospitalization regardless of age. Our findings support the prevention of severe COVID-19 in adults with UHCs in all age groups and in older adults aged 65
The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled the vulnerability of many African healthcare systems, amplifying inadequacies and constraints in the supply chain for medical products and technologies on the continent. Disruptions in the global supply chain due to the
Decision making in a rapidly changing context, such as the development and progression of a pandemic, requires a dynamic assessment of multiple variable and competing factors. Seemingly beneficial courses of action can rapidly fail to deliver a
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a binding target of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein. An ACE2-like enzyme, such as bacterial M32-carboxypeptidase (M32-CAP), is assumed to be a potential therapeutic
This article describes the implementation of an equity-focused strategy to increase the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among communities of color and in traditionally underserved geographic areas using mobile health clinics (MHCs). The MHC
CONCLUSION: The K-SSI-SM is an acceptable instrument for assessing stress levels in Korean nursing students. And nursing faculties need to pay attention to related factors of self-directed learning ability, in order to achieve the course's self
COVID-19 survival data presents a special situation where not only the time-to-event period is short, but also the two events or outcome types, death and release from hospital, are mutually exclusive, leading to two cause-specific hazard ratios (csHR